We will be offering FREE bike marking at Colchester Leisure World, Cowdray Avenue on Sunday 28th April between 4pm and 7pm.

Bring you bike along and we will provide it with a unique code and register it with esxpol.uk/YNnj2

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Hidden secrets! 🤫 Incredible stories! 😮 Amazing Walks! 😃 Jane's Walks Festival is back in Colchester for another year and it looks better than ever!

Check out the full programme at Jane's Walk Colchester. All walks are free, volunteer led, and city-centre walks are step free. 👣

RET have been out patrolling our heritage today. Hilly Fields in Essex Police in Colchester District contains a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
We are working with the Colchester City Council park rangers to keep the site safe for everyone.

How cool is this? 😎🧪 University of Essex are bringing incredible science talks to city centre pubs for the Pint of Science UK Festival! 🔬 If you want to know about The Secret Lives of the FrankenFish - and who wouldn't? - then this is the festival for you!🍻

🗓️ 13-15 May. On sale now!

Part of our collaborative #HeartofGreenstead project with Uni of Essex Online, these film screenings look fascinating!

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💥Some unwanted excitement in Castle Park this weekend 😲 Unexploded ammo & a grenade were discovered in the river bank after most likely being unearthed by unpermitted metal detectorists. 😠 We’ve put up signage reminding people that this is strictly prohibited.

Important deadlines looming for this year's local elections 👇. If you've not already registered, stop what you're doing and sign up now!

Great News! Wivenhoe Tennis Club are adding some Pickleball courts to their offering! Loads of you asked about this when we announced our Padel Tennis Courts, so it's great to see this sport coming to the area too!

Launch day on Monday 6 May, with a tournament on 9 June.

What a success! 🎉 Less than a year after opening the UK's 2nd drive-thru Wendy's at the Northern Gateway, the fast food giant have confirmed they're opening a second store on the High Street! A new branch will take shape in the former Next store in the coming months. 🍔🍟

🌟 Behind the scenes at Colchester's Crematorium 👀 From the peaceful chapel to the picturesque Garden of Remembrance, take an access-all-areas tour on our free Open Day to discover more about this incredible space. Tours run every 30 minutes from 10.30am

🗓️ Saturday 11 May

Looking good, Colchester! 🤩 Who's noticed the shopfront makeovers around the city centre?

These enhancements have been possible thanks to a pot of combined funding from the government & @colchesterBID. 💰

Applications open again in the summer for further improvements. 😍👏

A 50yo #Colchester man has been sentenced after admitting to 13 shop thefts from East of England Coop &
Tesco stores in the city.
Officers arrested him with assistance from Colchester City Council CCTV operators.
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Introducing Boots the Crematorium Cat! 🐱 A former neighbour of our crematorium, Boots moved away but still returns - so much so that he appears on the staff page of the website! 🌟 Boot's owner regularly brings him home from his daily adventures too. We love this cat! 😻❤️

👊Our Residents Panel are needed again! This time the Street Care & Safety teams want to hear from you!
💬 We know you'll have lots to say! Any Colchester residents can join at colchester.gov.uk/residents-panel to be heard. There'll be online & in-person meetings on Mon 22 & Mon 29 April.

Yes! 💪Layer Litter Warriors! 💪 What a team!

Taking advantage of a closed road to clear overhanging trees and vegetation from the footpath 👏

Why not set up a litter warrior group in your neighbourhood? All the details are on our website!

Congratulations to Wivenhoe House Hotel! 🎉 Winner of the Large Hotel of the Year at the East of England Tourism Awards! 🏆 This prestigious award celebrates their exceptional hospitality as well as the amazing team that work there! 🌟

👏 Big thanks to local company Core Fusion Skip Hire who recently helped us clear away a burnt out caravan at the Hythe free of charge. 🚚🔥 Local businesses helping out their communities to make a difference. Working together and saving the taxpayer money! 💪🌟

The Town Hall will be illuminated until April 8 for World Autism Acceptance Week.

Find out more here: autism.org.uk/get-involved/r…

🚌 Exciting News! From Monday 15 April, a new bus service - City 70 - will run up to every 30 minutes between Marks Tey and #Colchester . Bus users will be pleased to hear that it will also serve Stane Retail Park. 🎉

#Colchester 's monthly mid week arts festival First Thursdays returns for it's April outing tomorrow with a fabulous line up of events and experiences programmed by Creative Colchester in venues across the City Centre 🎨🎶🎭🪡

Find out more:

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